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视作 (shì zuō) — to treat as; to view as; to regard as

Definition

Formal written verb meaning 'to regard as / treat as', more literary than the everyday 把…当作. Used in formal writing and set expressions rather than daily speech.

verb
to treat asto view asto regard as

Examples

  • 视作。
    Tā bǎ zhè fēng xìn shì zuō duì tā zuì zhòng yào de lǐ wù.
    He regards this letter as the most important gift to him.
  • 视作。
    Zhè cì shī bài bèi shì zuō yí cì bǎo guì de jiào xùn.
    This failure is regarded as a valuable lesson.
  • 视作。
    Wǒ men bù yīng shì zuō rèn hé gōng zuò wèi dī rén yì děng.
    We should not regard any job as inferior.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

视shìregard
作zuòas

The part 视 means regard, and 作 means as, so together they express regarding something as something.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 視; 视 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiànsee
Sound part声符shēngfú
示
示shì視shì
Same sound today

The story is about the traditional form 視: it combines 見, meaning see, with 示, which gives the sound shì.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
乍
乍zhà作zuò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 亻 comes from 人, meaning 'person', and the right side 乍 gives the sound.

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